How to Remove Cases From Raw Data Using a Filter

Introduction

This article describes how to remove cases from the data set (raw data) using a filter. The example in this article contains the steps required to remove all respondents whose Location equals North from the data set.

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Requirements

• A Displayr document containing a data set.
• A filter variable. 

Method

1. Select the name of your data set from the Data Sets tree.
2. Go to the object inspector > Properties > GENERAL > Unique identifier and select a variable with unique values, or select [Use case number]. 

3. Select any variables in your Data Sets tree that you wish to view as raw data, and right-click > View in Data Editor.

4. Select your filter variable in the Filter drop-down so that all the rows selected by the filter will appear in green. Here, we have applied our North filter while showing our Location data:

5. Now click the row header > Delete Row(s) Matching Filter to delete these cases from your data set.

6. OPTIONAL: You can return deleted cases to your data set by going back to the Data Editor and right-clicking the row header > Undelete All Rows.

See Also

How to Split a Sample

How to Create a Simple Filter

How to Tag a Variable as a Filter

How to Apply a Filter